The deleted tweet comes just as Dana White revealed that he does not expect McGregor to retire - and still holds out hope of him fighting at UFC 200.

White appeared on Colin Cowherd’s sports talk show The Herd and said that there was no strain in the relationship between McGregor and the UFC before dispelling the notion that the entire situation had taken place due to money issues.

Conor McGregor and his coach John Kavanagh (Image: INPHO/James Crombie)

The UFC supremo stated that McGregor simply didn’t want to do the media tour which was planned to take place in Las Vegas, Stockton, and New York.

“I’m not asking Conor to do something that other fighters aren’t doing,” said White.

Cowherd then asked White directly if he believes that Conor is retiring, to which he simply replied: “I do not.”